Something stirring in the kingdom

Seeing this & with shock, "Claw" & his men soon surrounded the tremendous hole that Croc had made upon the floor & looked down into the very bottom where the sewers were! "Drat-!" Cornelius had said to himself after witnessing Croc escaping the scene & even with the monarch in his hands.

O.O "Curt!" Lucia says as she rushes to the massive hole to see Croc & Doom going through it. She turns to soliders & guards, "Begin a search party! I want both of them back this instant!" she says.
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Doom growled as he was brought down to the sewers & saw that Croc had dissapeared through the water, "Hmhmhmhm, fool." he says & begins to charge his guantlets with electricity. Knowing the basic law of physics that electricity & water do not go well, together. He aims his open palm at the water, ready to blast!

The forces of Devoltstadt meanwhile stood behind & stayed beside their commander. As "Claw" himself looked down to see Von Bardas's men preparing to go down after Croc & Doom. But a soldier to his right soon grabbed something small out of one of his utility cases. In his hand, he held what appeared to be a small detonator or a flash bang grenade. He turned to Cornelius & asked "Sir? Should we assist?"
"Claw" turned, seeing the small grenade in the soldiers hand & gave it some thought before replying "No....Not yet. Lets see how this turns out."

Before Doom can electrify the sewer water, Croc appears from behind and grabs Doom by the back of the neck. He then flings Doom with no effort at all and he slams into a metal sewer ladder, bending on impact. But Croc has disappeared from sight once again, he apparently has deceptively fast speed. Then, from the darkness of the sewers, Croc voice can be heard laughing and he says "How are you gonna shock me if you don't know where exactly I am". "I know that even I am more human than you, so lets see what your really made of".

Lucia looked on as she thinks of sending something down there to help Doom, not soldiers, but dinosaurs. >=/
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Doom growls as he is slammed against the wall, "You fool! None may defeat Doom!" he says & throws his arm out & sends a small shockwave of sound in the water & attempts to bring down Croc that way!
(like here at 1:04)

"Claw" meanwhile could only hear the sounds of battle going on down below in the sewers where Crco & Doom had their confrontation. He then turned to Lucia to see that she had her men preparing dinosaurs to venture down there! He didn't bother to say a word or anything to suggest otherwise, but simply stood with his men to see what would happen.

Croc continues laughing, knowing that Doom can't see or find him. "Come now scrap heap, there is nothing you can do to threaten or hurt me" says Croc. Somewhere in the sewer waters, Croc swims silently in an unknown direction, but most likely towards Doom. Croc used to live in the sewers when he was imprisoned in Arkham Asylum, so he is right at home here.

"Claw" & his men stood before the massive hole in the castle's hallway. They stood on standby in case there was to be any assistance required. But "Claw" was becoming very impatient! He would tolerate this foolishness & this senseless violence no longer. But he kept himself calm nonetheless. He began thinking of sending in one of his own special ops men down to assist them with Lucia's search party. But again, only if it was necessary, even though it seemed to be a perfect idea to use the detonator to help with such a situation.

Lucia looked on as she placed her hand on her head with 2 fingers rubbing her head, ">sigh< & just as things couldn't get any worse." >X/ she says.
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Doom looked on with crossed arms, "Is that what you think, monster? Tell me, is that how you always lived? Is that how you lived ever since you was a child?" he says with crossed arms.

Hearing Lucia, "Claw" had turned to her once more to see if she had any plans or ideas in mind. It didn't matter to him what she had in mind, just as long as she had something! "What do you plan to do now?" he then asked, having his men on stand by.

Croc hears what Doom is saying, but he is not pleased with it in the slightest. "Now you listen to me" says Croc with a growl. "If you don't want me to level your whole kingdom, then I suggest that you shut your mouth". Croc can barely be hurt physically by anything, but his past has effected him greatly and he still feels the pain of past events he has experienced.

"Do NOT bark orders at Doom, monster! You are afraid to admit it, are you?! You're afraid to forget your past sins, the ones that haunted your dreams for a long time! I would suggest YOU would leave here before things get really serious." Doom says with a finger pointing at Croc.
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">sigh< I guess we only watch for the moment." Lucia says as she watches the battle, soon to be a serious conversation between Doom & Croc.

"Or-" Cornelius soon began to suggest before he gave a snap of his cybernetic finger. With that, the very same soldier from before marched right to him & placed the detonator in his had. From there, he showed it to Lucia to reveal that he may very well have an idea to assist Doom should things get hairy. "-We can end this struggle. In an instant." he then said to her.

The Final Threat: King Croc

Croc is infuriated with Doom bringing up his past memories that have scarred him for his whole life. He stands up from the waters of the sewer, only feet away from Doom. He clenches his fists and says to Doom "I warned you to not talk about my past". Then, he starts to shake and his body begins to convulse and he leans down saying to Doom "Now...you shall pay". He then flings his upper body up and yells "You will pay harshly"! This said, his body begins to change and no one is prepared for the sight that is soon to come...not even Doom. The muscles of Croc's upper body and upper legs begin to swell up to twice their original size...his clawed hands and feet extend out slightly and become sharper. His eyes open, but their color changes from yellowish green to a bright red. His teeth also grow out longer to an extent and the front teeth move forward a bit. And with a roar towards Doom, it announces the rare appearance of the most powerful and dangerous being earth has to offer; King Croc!!

"I said we wait to see what happens-" O_OLucia says as she watches the battle, seeing Croc, "On 2nd thought. Prepare that thing." she says.
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"You are sadly mistaken, monster! It is you who shall pay for tresspassing upon my empire & treatened the lives of my people. Now-" Doom says as he charged the electricity in his guantlets to a greater level, making the sewer into what seems like a lightning storm, "-FEEL THE WRATH OF CURT VON DOOM!!!" he says & prepares to give Croc all he has got, even if Croc is at this new level of rage!

But the stronger Croc grabs Doom by his face and lifts him up saying "Its official...your pathetic" before throwing Doom with great power, causing him to crash through four walls. With Doom out of the picture for the moment, King Croc leaps back to the surface where Lucia, Croc's dinosaurs, and "Claw" are. With no time at all, King Croc breaks the restraints that hold his dinosaurs in place, with a nearby guard paying the price when Mauler kills him with his fore-claws. Croc then mounts onto Genghis Khan and they burst through the castle, making their escape.

Luckily for "Claw" & his own men, they were just out of the way just in time when all this suddenly occurred! It happened so fast & yet they managed to stay clear as quickly as possible with no repercussions. "He's escaping!" one of "Claw's" men cried before they began to take up arms & aim down their sights & scopes of their weapons!

Suddenlly, from the rubble, Doom exploded from the rubble he had crashed in & saw Croc escaping, his gauntlet now more electrifying as he was now ticked, "SEIZE HIM! DO NOT LET HIM ESCAPE!" e demanded & guards, Doombots, & soldiers go after Croc & his dinosaurs!

But King Croc has gotten out of range of the weapons of Doom's soldiers. But before Croc disappears into the nearby forests where he made his first appearance, he yells to Doom "You'll be seeing me again"! Then, within mere seconds, Croc and his dinosaur trio vanish out of sight.

"Claw" & his man soon watches as Croc made his escape with his dinosaurs. One soldier however soon rushed forward with a high caliber sniper rifle & thus set his scope on both Croc & Genghis Khan, the dinosaur he was riding on! He had a confirmed lock on & thus waited for the possible order to take the shot! One that would surely knock them down with a well clean shot! "Sir! I have visual! Permission to take the shot!" the solider asked....But surprisingly, "Claw" himself placed his cybernetic hand upon the barrel of the rifle, lowering it down & thus turned to him. "No. Seize fire..........Let him go." he simply said.
"Sir?"
"He can do us no more harm. He is of Latveria's concern now......Not ours"

Lucia sighs in agreement to "Claw." she turns to see Doom lowering the electricity on his gauntlet. He turns & headed back to the partlly destroyed castle, "I demand this place to be cleaned & up fixed at this moment!" he demanded.
Seeing that the situation has finally gotten under control, Lucia sighs again in releif & rubbed her head from all the frustration, "Somebody get me an asprin!" she says.

"Claw" merely grinned at Lucia's slight sense of humor at the moment. But such a grin had swiftly disappeared & replaced with a serious expression. Now that this matter had been dealt with & the mysterious "thing" known as Croc had finally been dealt with, Cornelius soon began to grow rather impatient! He had waited long enough! Now it was time for him to settle the matters & the reason for him even being here!